... and other professional service companies and the importance and power of senior professionals in professional service firms, this is the first study to explore the implications on senior professionals of selling their firms to public companies. Mergers and acquisitions Partnership Accounting firms...

... at: Klaus.Moeller@wiwi.uni‐goettingen.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Networking Business performance Partnership Trust Germany Numerous influencing factors, like the growing dynamics of and turbulence in the business environment, have led to the disintegration of organizations...